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Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis

From ray carter <ray@zianet.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis
Date 2015-09-07 00:36 +0000
Message-ID <d544fjFgtgoU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <mshrck$o68$1@dont-email.me>

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On Sun, 06 Sep 2015 18:00:50 +0100, James Harris wrote:

> I fancy setting up a few Raspberry Pis with different configurations.
> Their small size would make them ideal for having many of them in a
> reasonably small space and I would need them all to be viewable on a
> single monitor (by switching).
> 
> One monitor, keyboard and mouse would probably do for them all. Anyone
> aware of a good-value KVM solution for this? An 8-way would be enough.
> Some sort of power distribution would be a bonus. Second hand would be
> OK. Cheap components would be a double bonus.
> 
> I am not thinking of compute modules as the individual Pis could me
> moved later.
> 
> Any of you guys already done this?
> 
> James

If they are all networked, the simple solution would be to set up one 
full machine and use ssh -X to login to the others remotely from that 
machine. You could also set them up with xdmcp or use vnc (that would be 
my last choice).

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Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 18:00 +0100
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2015-09-06 21:46 +0100
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-07 17:42 +0100
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-09-07 00:36 +0000
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis davehigton14@gmail.com - 2015-09-07 03:54 -0700
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2015-09-08 00:54 +1000
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Andrew Smallshaw <andrews@sdf.lonestar.org> - 2015-09-13 12:45 +0000
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Alan Adams <alan@adamshome.org.uk> - 2015-09-13 19:22 +0100
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Jonathan Lane <tidux@faeroes.freeshell.org> - 2015-09-27 15:28 +0000
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-13 13:48 +0000
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis David James <david@tcs01.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-13 14:22 +0000
      Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-13 17:42 +0000
        Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis David James <david@tcs01.demon.co.uk> - 2015-09-16 00:01 +0000
  Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis DisneyWizard the Fantasmic! <wiz@FANTASMIC!disneywizard.com> - 2015-09-17 08:38 -0700
    Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 08:40 -0400
      Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-18 14:26 +0100
      Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-18 18:42 +0000
        Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 15:09 -0400
          Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 20:17 +0100
            Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-09-18 21:35 +0000
              Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-18 23:19 +0100
                Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-09-19 06:48 +0000
                Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 11:15 +0100
                Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-19 08:13 +0100
                Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 11:19 +0100
            Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 11:31 -0400
            Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-09-19 19:39 +0100
              Re: Something like a KVM switch for multiple Raspberry Pis colonel_hack@yahoo.com - 2015-09-20 22:06 -0700

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